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J. O. TUTTLE.

HENS NEST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.31,|915.

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ATTORNEY rrED STATES" PATE T J OEIJ O. TUTTLE, OF RICHLANLD, OREGON.

To aZZfwhomz't may concern." y I Be it known that I, JOEL O. T 'r'rLna citizen of the United States, residing'at Richlandyin the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I, Hens Nests,- of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to hens nests and] more particularly to a hens nest adapted for V hen. l

Th provid'e'a device ofthe class above described receiving and retaining eggs deposited by a which?automatically receives an egg and thereby disturbs! the hen causes her to leave the nest immediately upon laying "the e, 1

Another object of my lnvention 1s to prode mean wh i l ,eu mat ym ahen withfa colored l dye or the like for t fi t on lirrbse Withthe abov description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it

is' thought "that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of my invention may be.

readily gathered and; while I' have shown and'descr'ibed the same as embodying a spe cific istructure; reserve the right to make changes therein whiqhfdonot depart from the spirit and scopeof 'thefinvention'as claimed. p v

Figure'l is a longitudinal sectional view of the hensnestfconstructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view 7 taken on aline 22.of Fig. '1 looking in I bodiment o f my-invention isillustrated, I

the direction,ofthe arrows, Fig. 3 is a'transverse sectional view taken on aline 3 -3 of 1 jlooking' 'in the direction of the ar-' rows. 4 is an enlarged detailed elevational view of one element'of the invention and F ig. '5 isj a smallerview of the'egg receiver. y L

Similar reference "characters designate similar parts throughoutthe various views of the drawings. I

u r .(H In the drawings whereina preferred emhave provided a heirs nest having a bofdyi supported on front and rear legs 2 and 3 ,'i""e' spectively, said legs being mounted at each corner of the nest.

The nest is provided with a bottom wall 4. inclined rearwardly to deliver an egg to an outlet aperture 5. An egg deflector or chute 6 is provided disposed beneathsaid outlet Specification of Letters Patent.

pfimara bi ffl yf en i opening to direct an egg to a pivoted receiver hereinafter described.

I provide mechanism for marking a hen and also disturbing her and causing her exit. This mechanism comprises a vertical standard 7 mounted on the rear wall 8 of the nest 1 and preferably permanently securedl'thereto by screws or the like. lower'extreinity of said standard 7 projects below the bottom of thenest and serves as a bearing; for an arm 10 at ill to said standard. One extremity of said arm lQ carries an egg receiving and dc fleeting member 12 and the opposite extrema e pivotal connection as at 13 witha counterweight 14, the opposite extremities of said counterweight having reduced portions 15 as v shown to advantage in Fig. 1. The upper extremity of the counterweight ld'has piv ojtal connection as at 16 with a second arm 17 pivoted at 18 on the upper extremity of said" standard. The arms 10 and 17 are. shownto advantage in Figs. 5 and 4, respec- A'sshown to advantage in these fig tivelyfii ures,"the opposite extremities of the arm 17 arebifurcated as indicated'at 19 facilitating connectionof said arm to the other 'el e merits ofthe invention. The arm 17 is also provided'centrally with an elongatedapen PatentedOct. a, 1916. Application filed August 31, 1e15. Seria1;1\To.48,332.

pivotally mounted ture 20 *to facilit a te its pivotal mounting on a standard 7. The arm 10 is similarly formed havirig acentrally located elongated aperture 21 and abifurcated extremity 22. The rear and front legs 2 and 3are connect- 24 respectively, said beams serving tosuppo'rt an inclined trough 25 down which the eggs are permittedto roll. The lower ex tremity of said trough is closed by an end wall 26. As clearly shown in the drawings, the neStIQchute 6, eggreceiver and deflector 12,a nd the trough 25 are lined with a soft shdck,absorbing material'so as to prevent gg s ffAn indicating means is jarring the e provided "forapprisirig the presence of an egg inthe lower extremity of the trough-2'5 and 'thi's indicator comprises two "strips of material 27 and 28 disposed substantially at right angles 'to each "other" and rotatably e'd"by transversely extendin g beam's 23 and" as indicated at 31. Thedisturbing and marking device comprises a tubular body 32 having a connecting head 33 attachably associated therewith and a threaded cap 34 of the lower extremity thereof, said cap having a suitable aperture through which a marking wick or the like projects. filled with a suitable marking liquid such as ink and when an egg is deposited in the nest, the same will roll down in the inclined bottom 4 through the aperture 5 and thence be directed on to the receiver 12 by the chute 6. The receiver will be swung downwardly on a pivot 11 through the weight of the egg and cause the arm 17 to be moved in a like manner. This will deliver a blow through the tubular member 32 to the hen which will disturb her as well as mark her with the colored liquid, this making identification'possible. A plurality of these nests can be placed in the usual coop and their operation will be found to be extremely satisfactory, particularly on large poultry farms, where the identificationof the eggs laid by certain of the hens is rendered eX- tremely diflicult owing to the large numbers. A suitable guard 36 may be mounted above the tubular member 32 in order to prevent roosting of the fowls thereon. It will be readily understood that a plurality of the indicators shownmay be provided in each trough whereby to serve both as indicating means and as egg separators. Attention is called to the counterweight 14, this counterweight serving to normally balance the arms 17 and 10, and the tubular member 32 in the position shown.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it

- is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of my invention may be readily gathered and while I have shown and described the same as embodying a specific structure, I reserve the right to make changes therein which do not depart from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A hens nest, including a receptacle having an inclined bottom and an outlet aperture, a pivoted egg receiver, a trough, and striking means actuatable by said egg receiver to disturb a hen after depositing an egg.

2. A hens nest, including a receptacle Copies of this patent The tube 35 is 3. A hens nest, including a receptacle having an inclined bottom and an outlet aperture, an egg receiving and deflecting member, a trough subjacent said deflector, a counterweight, and means associated therewith for marking and striking a hen when an egg is deposited on said receiver and deflector.

l. A hens nest, including a receptacle having an inclined bottom and an outlet aperture, means for receiving an egg deposited in said nest and means associated therewith to mark and strike a hen.

5. A hen disturbing and marking device, including, in combination with a hens nest a pivoted arm, an egg receiver on said arm, a counterweight having pivotal connection with said arm, and a tubular member containing marking fluid on said second arm disposed in said nest.

6. A hen disturbing and marking device, including, in combination with a hens nest, a pivoted arm, an egg receiver on said arm, a counterweight having pivotal connection with said arm, and a tubular member containingmarking fluid on said arm disposed in said nest, said tubular member adapted to mark and strike a hen.

7. A hen disturbing and marking device, including,'in combination with a hens nest, a pivoted arm, an egg receiver pivotally supported upon said arm, a counterweight having pivotal connection with said arm, a tubular member containing marking fluid on said second arm disposed in said nest, and a trough for receiving the eggs.

8. A hens nest including a receptacle having an inclined bottom and an outlet aperture, a pivoted egg receiver, a counterweight having connection with said egg receiver, a tubular member containing marking fluid pivotally connectedfwith said counterweight, a trough, said tubular member'adapted to mark and strike the hen.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OEL' O. TUTTLE.

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Washington, D. G. 

